A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pyw4, pr71482238. Unique identifier: pr71482238. Exact location of event, longitude -66.1085 West, latitude 19.115833333333 North, depth = 21.07 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.07 km (13 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/05/25 / 2025-05-12 18:32:43 / May 12, 2025 @ 6:32 pm. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:32:43 / 6:32 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Alta, Vega Baja, Bayamón (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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